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Arts of Japan

Semester:

Spring

Year:

2013

Subject Name:

Art & the History of Art

Course Number:

148

Institution:

Amherst College

(Offered as ARHA 148 and ASLC 123.) A survey of the history of Japanese art from neolithic times to the present. Topics will include Buddhist art and its ritual context, the aristocratic arts of the Heian court, monochromatic ink painting and the arts related to the Zen sect, the prints and paintings of the Floating World and contemporary artists and designers such as Ando Tadao and Miyake Issey. The class will focus on the ways Japan adopts and adapts foreign cultural traditions. There will be field trips to look at works in museums and private collections in the region.

Spring semester. Professor Morse.

Instructor Permission:

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.